BGMS Updates:

Dr. Steven Hughes on Think! with Krys Boyd 

In case you missed it, Dr. Hughes was on KERA's Think! with Krys Boyd on Monday, March 5th to talk about his presentation, School 2.0, that would happen later that evening at University of Texas at Dallas.  Please enjoy the Podcast of the show.

40th Anniversary: An Interview with BGMS Founder, Barbara Gordon 

In celebration of our 40th anniversary, we interviewed our founding director, Barbara Gordon, for some insight on the past, present, and future of the Barbara Gordon Montessori School.

If you have any issues with the video loading, please go to this link: Barbara Gordon Interview

Greetings from the BGMS Board of Trustees! 

Get to know the Trustees of The Barbara Gordon Montessori School by clicking above on "About BGMS," then "Our Board."  Then consider joining the Trustees in the work they do to support our School by volunteering to serve on a Board Committee!  Committees looking for new members include Buildings and Grounds, Communications, Strategic Planning, and Capital Funding and Development.

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Montessori Research Page: Interested in some of the research being done about Montessori?

Check out our latest addition to the BGMS website, a page dedicated to research on Montessori and how it compares to other forms of education: Montessori Research

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Toddler at Work 

Work, order, repetition, concentration, manipulation, exploration, orientation, precision, self-correction, independence -- this lovely video clip of a child of 22 months arranging flowers illustrates in one single activity every one of the "universal human tendencies" that are vital to the development of the human being.  This little boy radiates the self-confidence and satisfaction that a child experiences when he chooses his own activity and is allowed to work without interruption. 

Being a Montessori child is a gift for life 

The Toronto Globe and Mail, Toronto's equivalent of The Wall Street Journal, recently featured a full page article entitled "The Creativity Gap: Maria Montessori: guru for a new generation of business innovators."   Former Montessori student Carlo Consoli, now a senior consultant at IBM Global Business Services in Rome, has won numerous awards for his innovative work.  Click here to see why Consoli says,  “Being a Montessori child is a gift for life.” 

Whose Children Will Get the Best Jobs in the 21st Century? 

In this article from Psychology Today, board-certified neurologist and middle school teacher Dr. Judy Willis, an authority on brain research involving learning, discusses the qualities that will serve children well as they grow into adulthood in the 21st century.  Do these qualities sound familiar?  They are the goals and outcomes of Montessori education!

"With available information in all fields doubling every five years and the access to that information available globally, the best jobs will not go to the person who knows the most facts. Computers will always have the edge on that and when your children enter the workforce in the 21st century, if a computer can do the job, it will.  The best jobs will go to applicants who have the skillsets to analyze information as it becomes available, the flexibility to adapt when what were believed to be facts are revised, and to collaborate with other experts on a global playing field requiring tolerance, willingness to consider alternative perspectives, and articulately communicate one's ideas successfully."

Montessori: The Missing Voice in the Education Reform Debate

Education reformers these days cast their nets far and wide to try to find a solution to the current malaise in our schools. They look to Finland, or to digital learning models. Why is Montessori ignored?

Babies: Early Learning and the Brain

Before the age of 1, our babies are "citizens of the world," able to hear and absorb all the sounds of any language.  Neuroscientists Patricia Kuhl and Andrew Meltzoff, co-directors of the Institute for Brain and Learning Sciences at the University of Washington, share fascinating findings about language development and our babies' incredible brains.  More scientific validation of Montessori's observations about the absorbent mind and the sensitive period for language!

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"Aid to Life" -- AMI's New Website for Parents of Children from Birth to 3

As parents, we want to do the best for our children, but sometimes the information we find in books, magazines, parent groups and websites is conflicting and overwhelming. AMI's new website "Aid to Life" offers clear, simple, straightforward information for parents of children from birth to 3.  Illustrated with charming photos and short video clips, it's accurate, easy to understand, and most important, easy to put into practice. 

For previous links that we have posted on our homepage, go to our Montessori Links page